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]]>http://blog.ted.com/gordon_brown_on/feed/4matthewtoastWiring a web for global good: Gordon Brown on TED.comhttp://blog.ted.com/wiring_a_web_fo/
http://blog.ted.com/wiring_a_web_fo/#commentsTue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/07/wiring_a_web_fo/[…]]]>We’re at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking earlier today at TEDGlobal in Oxford. He says we can use today’s interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic — and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 16:43)

The much-buzzed-about surprise speaker at the first session of TEDGlobal 2009 was finally revealed to be British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A Twitterer himself, the Prime Minster’s appearance on the TED stage quickly drove the #TED tag into Twitter’s top trending topics today. Here’s a slice of what people were tweeting: